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IT'S the most complex, mechanical item in any home, and it's not a piece of furniture either . . . although some view it simply as that. A typical piano contains over 10,000 parts, and can cost anything up to 85,000, if we're talking about the grand variety. Instruments with this price tag, as well as models starting from 13,500 will feature in a very special sale from Pianos Plus on the weekend of 26-28 May in the Minerva Suite in the RDS. All of the Steinway, Boston and Kawai grand pianos used in the 2006 AXA International Piano Competition, which has its final concerto performances at the National Concert Hall this Thursday and Friday, will be sold.
Instruments are donated by the company to the competition for rehearsal rooms, preliminary competition rounds and finals, then subsequently sold at a discount at the end of the competition with reductions of up to 15%.
The Five Browns, a US quintet of brothers and sisters, each of whom are virtuoso concert pianists and Steinway artists are credited with making the piano the 'must have' in US homes again.
"Send them out to schools from shore to shore, with piano teachers on hand to sign up students afterward, and the future of classical music will look a lot brighter, " the Dallas Morning News recently enthused. "The Five Browns proved that classical music can reach teens and twentysomethings on their own ground, but without posturing or cheapening the product."
The piano sale at the RDS is open to the general public on Sunday 28 May 12pm. . . 6pm, and by appointment only on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May. Call 01-4097373
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